Leinen eest Kashiikija 1

Leinen eest Kashiikija (A Song for Kashykia) will be the first edition of the Leinen eest Kashiikija, the national selection event to determine the artist who will represent Kashykia in the Maia Song Contest. It will be hosted in Longjäärben, in the Kõrusaad Arena. The contest will consist of 8 songs, and the winner will represent Kashykia in the Maia Song Contest 1. The winner will be determined by televote from each of the eight regions of Kashykia. Each region will award 12, 10, 8, 6, 3 and 1 points based on their televoting ranking in each region. Furthermore the jury results from 4 countries will be added to the televoting score and country with the highest score will the representative of Kashykia. After the televoting and jury results had been combined, Zhanar Dugalova emerged as the winner with her song "Izin Körem" amassing a total amount of 106 points. Florena was the runner up wither the song "Behind the Shadows".

Participants
The running order of the show was determined on 20th June 2016 and the final for the contest will take place on Tuesday 22nd June 2016 with the results being made available at 15:00 CET